Firefighters battle house fire near Shreveport school

Firefighters battle house fire near Shreveport school
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The Shreveport Fire Department responded to reports of a house fire behind Fairfield Elementary Magnet School.

“The call was made by Fairfield teaching staff who reported they were evacuating students from the temporary building in close proximity to the main building of the school due to the smoke,” a press release stated.

Firefighters arrived at 1:53 p.m. at the scene of a single residential structure fully engulfed in flames on the 500 block of E. 64th Street. Seven fire units, comprised of 24 firefighters, responded to the fire before it was brought under control at 2:25 p.m.

The SFD says no injuries were reported, but the origin and cause of the fire remain under investigation.


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